Storage limits for eggs, sperm, and embryos will be increased to a maximum of 55 years under UK government plans to give people greater choice over when to start a family. Ministers have proposed that the statutory storage limits should increase more than five fold from the current limit of 10 years and should no longer be governed by medical need. Prospective parents would be given the option to keep or dispose of the frozen sex cells or embryos at 10-year intervals under the new system. Doctors have argued that the current limit—after which prospective parents must decide whether to undergo fertility treatment or have the cells destroyed—was too restrictive. Research from the Royal College of Obstetricians has suggested that frozen eggs can be stored indefinitely without deterioration, thanks to a modern freezing technique. Health Secretary Sajid Javid said: “The current storage arrangements can be severely restrictive for those making …